Ho joang?

Hi there! It has been too long in writing, I am sorry for this. The last time I was blogging the power went out at the internet cafe so I lost everything. This is quite common here in Lesotho. Those people who do have power often lose it everyday. Lesotho sells a lot of its power to South Africa who is also experiencing huge power shortages. Anywho, a lot has happened in the past month. I had lunch with the Ambassador, got my site assignment, and left my host village. Trainning is just about over and I go to my site this monday for a visit and then come back to swear in as an official PCV. I will be living in the Quthing highlands region of Lesotho. I am in a small, rural village. I will be working with a community based organization doing HIV/AIDS awareness/education/prevention and agriculture (permaculture, canning, and food preservation). The beauty of my job is that I can really do anything but that is the main focus. So Quthing region is in the southern part of Lesotho, close to the South African border. I will live in a rodavel (round house) with a thatched roof, no electricity or running water. I cannot wait. I will fill you all in once I visit and hopefully begin to upload pictures soon. The weather here is getting pretty hot (for winter), the days are sunny and warm but the nights still cool. We had a big feast and ceremony in my village (host) the day we left. It was great the whole town showed up. A lot dancing, talking, and eating. It was sad to leave my host family but I am very excited to begin to get settled in my home. I feel like there is a lot more to tell you all but I am running out of time. I am still trying to figure out I how can respond to individual posts, but with the power going out it is difficult. Keep in touch, talk to you soon. Khotso.

Happy 4th of July!

Hey all! So I have just finally figured out how to view everyones comments! For the longest time I thought you all were not repsonding to my blog, so thanks to all that have taken the time to post comments- I am still trying to figure out how to respond to individual comments. Baby steps- I will get there. Things here are going great. Yesterday we had a big celebration for Independence day. We had a ton of american food-burgars, sausage, potato salad, coleslaw, and apple crisp! It was all so tasty! I hope all you had a great celebration as well. The taxi strike is over and things are back to normal here and around Maseru, so all is good and well. I have been baking my own bread and cooking lots of tasty food. I have never made my own bread before Lesotho. Its amazing that I get up at about 6 oclock to boil water and begin making bread (by candlelight). Sometimes I feel like I am living in the 19th centuary. This Sunday my village is having a concert where myself and six other trainies will get up and sing in front of the whole village. All the proceeds of the concert will go to Bokone Village. Well my time is running out so I will catch you all on the flip side. Keep posting comments- I love to read them. Auntie Pat- it took me a minuate but I figured it out-glad you and John are able to access my blog now. BE WELL.